The filing period for Texas’ 2026 primary election closed with a series of last-minute filings that shook up top Tarrant County races.

Moments before the filing deadline Monday, Fort Worth Congressman Marc Veasey filed to run for Tarrant County Judge , seeking to challenge Republican incumbent Tim O’Hare.

Veasey’s decision tees up a high-profile Democratic primary as he faces Commissioner Alisa Simmons, who filed to run for the seat after her Republican colleagues adopted a new county precinct map earlier this year that makes it harder for her to win reelection in her district.

For Tarrant voters, March’s ballot includes the county judge race as well as two county commissioners; multiple seats in the Texas House; two Texas Senate positions; the Republican and Democratic parties’ cou

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